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Originally Posted by ncfc1902
PictureBox Movies-on-Demand service to launch on Virgin Media.
"From July, the PictureBox service will be available to Virgin Media’s 3.6 million TV subscribers for £5 per month and provide a broad selection of recent and library feature films. Subscribers will be able to view films whenever they like from a selection of 28 films at any given time, with seven new titles being added to the line-up each Friday. Most of the PictureBox films will be available in HD and many will not yet have been seen on free-to-air television in the UK."
http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...793&highlight= |
I think this is a great advance and I am really pleased that VM are making these sort of deals. However considering that most of the time when I try to view on demand stuff I get a so much picture break up as to make it unwatchable I am not sure that I want to pay extra just not to be able to view some films. I am assuming that linear channels wouldnt have that issue - I certainly dont get that problem with existing channels.
As an aside I recently signed up for Sky sports (I had held back as I am not a sports fanatic - I like the occasional thing, but with the demise of setanta I thought I would give it a try). I watched the British and Irish lions rugby at the weekend and to be honest I was blown away (alright perhaps a bit over the top) by the quality of the Sky Sports SD broadcast. Made me think that perhaps I am not soooo bothered about HD feed after all.....